{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/45",
  "legislation_title": "Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Market operators’ licences.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, a licence, to be known as a “market operator’s licence”, shall be required for carrying on a private market.\n(2) A market operator’s licence shall not be required for carrying ; on either of the following—\n(a) functions held by charitable, religious, youth, recreational, community, political or similar organisations;\n(b) markets held only for the sale of livestock, fodder or grain.\n(3) In addition to any other condition which may be included, a licence in respect of a private market shall include conditions as to—\n(a) the regulation of days and hours of opening;\n(b) the provision of adequate toilet facilities;\n(c) the layout of the site or premises on which the market is to be held;\n(d) the maintenance of order and public safety.\n(4) In this section, “private market” means a market, whether covered or not, carried on by any person other than a local or public authority at which goods are offered by more than one seller for sale by retail to the public.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:54.687186+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}